Pair of men’s slippers made of wool, canvas and leather, American, c. 1860s. [2100×1501]June 21, 2025
Relief of the Persian Immortals — the elite heavy infantry of the Achaemenid Empire — on the walls of the Palace of Darius at Susa, 5th century BCE, Iran (602 × 396)June 21, 2025
Toad ocarina, slip-painted ceramic, Nopiloa, southern Veracruz, Mexico, 700–900 CE; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[1284×2459]June 21, 2025
A carved Pictish stone known as Rhynie Man depicts a bearded figure with sharp teeth holding an ax. (© Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service) likely between 4th and 6th centuries CE[1248×1025]June 21, 2025
Three-foot-long double-edged blade pulled from the Korte Linschoten River in the Netherlands dates to between A.D. 1050 and 1150. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden, Netherlands. [1256×298]June 21, 2025
A magnolia flower six-petal Yixing clay teapot, made by Shi Dabin in 1597 CE. Now housed at the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in Hong Kong [1280×1022]June 21, 2025
Tarawasi, built in 1438–1471 CE, served as an important Incan ceremonial-religious center in Limatambo, Peru. The site is famous for its building techniques, especially evident on the largest platform where walls are constructed in a cellular style with intricately carved andesite stones [1637×2077]June 21, 2025
A large wooden statue of Kōmokuten, one of the four Shintennō, a group of fierce-looking (忿怒相 funnusō) guardian deities who protect the four cardinal directions of Buddha’s realm. Made during the Edo Period (1600-1868 CE), located in the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan [1078×2106]June 21, 2025
A Maya trumpet made from conch shell and incised with hematite. From Peten in Guatemala, 4th–6th century CE, now housed at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia [756×1345]June 21, 2025
World-famous Scythian Golden Pectoral masterpiece was discovered in Ukraine on June 21, 1971 [564 x 989]June 21, 2025
Mummy of a bull. The body is wrapped in eight different types of bandages. Inside is a 6-10 month old animal, skull in place, body bones piled up, sand, gravel wrapped in bandages, animal covered with a papyrus net. 26 cm x 48 cm x 66 cm. 722-730 BC. Museo Egizio [2560×1929]June 21, 2025
